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  • Leadership Mentoring Symposium advertisement

    Registration open now for virtual AETC Leadership Mentoring Symposium Jan. 27-28

    The two-day event is being hosted by the AETC Mentoring Council, which is composed of Airmen from around the command, and will allow senior leaders to mentor a virtual audience on specific topics.

  • Special Victims’ Counsel is here to help survivors

    She was an officer with nearly nine years of service, who had been selected for promotion. She joined some colleagues on a weekend camping trip to take advantage of the summer weather. After enjoying a bonfire and games, they all settled in for the night, but one man, a fellow officer, didn’t.
  • Photo of the first virtual and fourth annual Airmen-to-Airmen Talk hosted from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Dec. 15, 2020

    PACAF hosts first virtual Airmen-to-Airmen Talk with Sri Lanka Air Force

    The meeting included subject matter experts from each country in logistics, flight safety, risk management, crisis response, cyber security and medical procedures in response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear emergencies.
  • F-35 refueling

    The future of test: ACC establishes 'Black Flag'

    Established as the test counterpart to Red Flag, an event designed to train like we fight, Black Flag allows the Air Force to test like we fight. While Red Flag builds readiness, Black Flag builds capability.
  • Graphic for the video on how to access foundational competencies on MyVector

    Air Force Competencies now available on MyVector

    The Air Force Competencies are foundational and applicable across all ranks, grades and career fields, and provide Total Force members a pathway to success in their respective careers.
  • Photo of U.S. Air Force Airmen, civilians and contractors sitting at computers.

    505th CCW supports largest US Army Warfighter exercise on record

    The exercise directly trained more than 5,300 joint warfighters and accomplished training objectives for 12 training audiences using more than two dozen different systems connecting seven sites across the country.

  • Department of the Air Force releases fiscal year 2021 Selective Retention Bonus program

    The program is designed to improve the retention of experienced Airmen and Space Professionals in stressed career fields or those with high training costs.
  • The Air Force invites all privatized and government-owned housing residents to participate in the 2020 Tenant Satisfaction Survey.

    Annual DoD housing survey opens for tenant feedback Dec. 8

    The annual survey provides Air Force housing officials, installation leaders and project owners feedback to shape the evolution of improvements that advance the Air Force housing portfolio that is provided to service members and their families.
  • Emerald Flag

    Eglin AFB hosts Emerald Flag

    The inaugural event brings more than 25 agencies to participate. It is a collaborative multi-service effort focused on increasing the effectiveness of the joint domain warfighter.
  • Air University Shield

    Air University hosts first-ever JADO, JADC2 symposium

    The symposium objectives were to examine the development of concepts to ensure dominant planning, decision and execution, or PDE, cycles in highly contested and degraded environments and to identify key PDE issues affecting JADO and JADC2 future concepts.

  • Department of the Air Force restores previous military tuition assistance cap and AF COOL funding

    The Department of the Air Force restored military tuition assistance to $4,500 per fiscal year and Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online preparatory course funding for fiscal year 2021, effective immediately.

  • Vice Chief’s Challenge creates new document templates, saves Airmen time

    The 2020 Vice Chief’s Challenge launched in February with a focus on working faster and smarter, and finding innovative ways to give Airmen back their time.
  • A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 366th Fighter Wing uses virtual reality during Agile Flag 21-1 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 23, 2020. Virtual reality is an innovative service provided by the 366th FW chaplaincy that can be used in deployed environments to let Airmen experience environments that hold sentimental value and boost morale. For instance, an Airman can go virtually fishing at their family’s favorite fishing hole. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrew Kobialka)

    Chaplaincy brings VR to Agile Flag 21-1

    Agile Flag 21-1, the first exercise of its kind, is an experimental exercise that tests a new lead wing command design for deployed environments. Naturally, this comes with stress and frustration. The chaplaincy aims to combat that by strengthening Airmen’s minds, bodies and souls while in that environment.
  • F-15 Eagles taxing

    Agile Flag paves way for Lead Wings

    The lead wing for this exercise was the 366th Fighter Wing from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and 250 Airmen from six units from across the Air Force who participated to better understand the diverse requirements that will go into certifying the lead-wing concept for Air Combat Command.

  • Commander addresses Reserve Mobility capabilities at A/TA 2020

    Lt. Gen. Richard W. Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, highlighted Total Force integration, the Reserve’s rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Reserve’s unique weather reconnaissance, aerial spray and aerial firefighting missions during the Airlift/Tanker Association’s 52nd annual convention, symposium and technology expo Oct. 27-29. This year’s event was held virtually due to ongoing COVID-19 health concerns.
  • Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of Air Mobility Command, announced her four command priorities to accelerate change and maximize readiness within AMC, October 27, 2020 .

    AMC commander announces her command priorities

    The command’s revised priorities focus and accelerate AMC’s efforts to rise to challenges in the global strategic environment and to leverage short-term opportunities to ensure the United States retains a competitive edge in Rapid Global Mobility against competitors like China and Russia.
  • A towing truck operator gets ready to move a C-21 Lear Jet from a hangar at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 12, 2020.

    AFIMSC key to disaster recovery at installations

    When natural disasters strike installations, Air Force leadership immediately begins recovery operations to get missions up and running again as soon as possible.

  • Dominate the Spectrum: ACC Emphasizes EMS

    In Air Combat Command, the Electromagnetic Spectrum is at the forefront of technological development supporting the Air Force, especially through the progression of electromagnetic warfare. It ultimately affects how ACC, and the Air Force, will engage in and through the EMS in the future.
  • The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Readiness Directorate research team fills craters using K-Concrete.

    AFCEC awarded patent for new runway repair technology

    The formula for the repair solution, developed by members of Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s laboratory at Tyndall Air Force Base, will allow Rapid Airfield Damage Repair, or RADR, teams to quickly repair runways using materials that can be gathered locally, such as sand and clay.

  • Aircraft availability, readiness increases at three bases thanks to new methodology

    The Air Force is seeing success in new sustainment initiatives resulting in increased aircraft availability and readiness across three of its bases.
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